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Overview

  • 3 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Romanian; learning German
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • at the moment busker (street musician)
  • No real school education. Just a diploma as an electricia...
  • From Brasov
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Traveling and hoping to find a Home

ABOUT ME

I am a traveler these days. I was born in Romania but left when i was 25, in search of a different life and a burning desire for happiness and peace, none of which were present in my life in Romania. My first stop was Budapest where i was a homeless street musician for a while but quickly made friends and things started to be better and better. I also fell in love in Budapest not long after i arrived and ended up staying there for almost 2 years after which i started traveling with my girlfriend for two years around Europe and a little bit of South-East Asia (Thailand and Laos). After two years of freedom and joy of traveling and meeting the most amazing people you can meet (mostly from couchsurfing :p) we decided to settle down in Graz-Austria and settle down in a "normal" life and things quickly fell apart. i Guess its true what they say, that traveling in your twenties will ruin your life :p.

I remained in Graz for another 2 years and decided to once again leave everything and go traveling again. I went to a festival in Bavaria where i met my current girlfriend with which i am now traveling. She is from Cambodia and studied for two years in Germany for her masters in International Media Studies. Her visa will expire in October and we don't know what we will do after that but for now we are traveling and enjoy our time together and trying to see as much of beautiful Europe as we can until then.

That's my story :). As far as my personality is concerned i guess i am quite laid back (sometimes to the point of being really lazy), in love with life and beauty (whatever form it takes). I don't take life or problems to serious very often and love playing music. And very much delight in good conversation and exchanging of knowledge and tips about anything that interests me.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I used to host for a while back in Budapest with my ex-girlfriend and definitely will host and help cousurfers again once i am settled down somewhere.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Had only a couple of weird experiences but nothing too negative. Apart from that it ranges from good to amazing to out of this world :)

Interests

See the world and make a lot of friends on the way. Sharing.

  • arts
  • music
  • guitar

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: Meet Joe Black, Waking Life, Mr. Nobody, Cloud Atlas
music: Radiohead, Damien Rice, Pink Floyd, Fink, Bowerbirds, Jeff Buckley etc...
books: Echart Tolle - A new earth, The power of now, Mark Twain - The mysterious stranger, (at the moment reading Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari) etc...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I find it quite amazing to be alive... And maybe the part where i left Romania with 10 euros in my pocket not knowing what would happen. At that time it didn't seem amazing, just natural. In retrospect i find it quite amazing now :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach guitar.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Will share all my friends and stories and everything i have learned from existing :p

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Laos, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Germany, Hungary, Romania

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